SolieWorks Step to UG
SolieWorks Step to UG
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To all,
We have a 25 meg step from a SolidWorks file that we have to open in UG (no parasoild) from the customer. It takes 20 minutes to open. When we try it in CATIA 5 it takes 1 minute. Is there any way or do we need to do something different for the Step file to be opened in UG with better time peformance?
All help will be appreciated.
Thanks!
We have a 25 meg step from a SolidWorks file that we have to open in UG (no parasoild) from the customer. It takes 20 minutes to open. When we try it in CATIA 5 it takes 1 minute. Is there any way or do we need to do something different for the Step file to be opened in UG with better time peformance?
All help will be appreciated.
Thanks!





RE: SolieWorks Step to UG
Sometimes when you export a step file it exports not only the solid you are interested in, but also all the tool solids and sheets used to make it. If you don't need these, you can delete them after importing the file to improve load times.
RE: SolieWorks Step to UG
Thanks for the feedback. To answer your question we tried it both ways. First by opening the file in UG and then importing it into a new file in UG. It was both 20 plus minutes. However the surprise is when we opened it in Catia 5 and it was 1 minute. Can the customer clean up the file by deleting or setting the translator to just export the solid?
RE: SolieWorks Step to UG
UG's STEP translator is a lot slower that Pro/E's too.
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RE: SolieWorks Step to UG
thanks for the response. To answer your question the reload is fast as it is now a .prt file. However all of our files are coming into one department and has to be distributed from there. That is why we are trying to reduce our cycle times bring the files into UG for CAM programming. And we are still amazed at how CATIA 5 only takes 1-2 minutes to do the same part. Is there anyway or any techiques to make this run faster or take less time to load.
RE: SolieWorks Step to UG
Here is a general tip to keep in mind (I doubt this is the cause of your trouble, but I'll mention it anyway). If you save the file while it is shaded and zoomed up on a small feature it will take longer to open the file next time (regeneration time - to get the detail the system will default to something like super fine shading). You may want to do a view fit and/or wireframe view before saving a file.
RE: SolieWorks Step to UG
Jason
RE: SolieWorks Step to UG
Thanks for the response. To answer your question we cannot get the parasolid from the customer at this time and all we have is the step file.
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Our production version is 2.06. I have tried it in NX3 both ways and it is still surprisingly slow. Thanks for the suggestion.
RE: SolieWorks Step to UG
My guess is UG's step xlator is not programmed well or does alot of extra checking. I would try reimporting back in Solidworks and see how long it takes.
Jason
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